Palacios opens Caboose Corner

Austin Wyche family: A long Matagorda County history

Austin Wyche, a blacksmith born in Virginia in 1827, came to Texas in 1863 with his wife, Emma.   Their son Joshua Wyche was born in Texas in 1866.  In 1885, Joshua married Julia Stewart.   The minister was Orange Doss.

Remembering World War I: Matagorda County casualties

EDITOR’S NOTE: 2017 is the 100th year commemoration of WWI.

Camp Palomar was Texas’ 1st summer high school

In the spring of 1919 Dr. J. V. Brown, then President of San Marcos Baptist Academy, saw the need of a summer term of school in order for students to remove some of the deficiencies in their high school courses.

Bethlehem Church centerpiece of Cedar Lake history

Cedar Lake,on Farm Road 2611 just west of the Brazoria county line in southeastern Matagorda County, was named for a cedar brake surrounding a nearby lake.   A post office operated there from 1848 until 1855.   In September 1854 the name was changed to Dura, and in November, to Duroc.

‘Collegeport climate too healthy to support a physician’

The warm climate of Collegeport and the excitement of a new town lured many homeseekers from the northern states.   All communities needed doctors and four doctors moved to Collegeport in its infancy to meet the medical needs of the residents.

Obituary tells about Smith’s life

Funeral services were held Sunday morning, April 16, at the Live Oak Farm for Mrs. Allen J. Smith who died April 14, in the Turner Hospital, Houston.

Pearl Pierce Smith made Live Oak Farm a showplace

Matagorda Area Land “Too Poor to Grow Peas” Made to Pay by Woman  By H. C. Edge, Post Farm Editor  Bay City, Aug. 15—Land she was told is too poor to sprout black-eyed peas, and on a farm once given up as hopeless is being made to produce lucrative crops and feed fine livestock by a woman who wants...

Huebner cattle drive

Ben Hur Beach: The place to go in early 1900s

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following articles are from the Matagorda County Hiistory and Genealogy page and include the promotions and social columns about groups heading for the beach in the early 1900s.  While it’s noted that the Ben Hur Motel was located where the mouth of the Colorado River is located...